What would you save in a fire?
Had the unpleasant experience of the Palisades fire nearly burning my house down. As in, I left driving through a firestorm and when I returned all except the actual structure was blackened. I then had to choose what to take with me before fire makes it way back the other side of the hill (which it’s doing now) and stuff my car. I was able to take about 300 out of 10k records, 2 turntables (one that is 250 lbs and almost gave me a hernia), my DAC, 2 phonostages… but had to leave my Aleph 1.2 monoblocks and speakers. Although I did also save 4 TAD woofers, 2 compression drivers, 2 horns and tweeters. I left everything else, spare a shirt and underwear.
I know it sounds materialistic or petty, but the music means everything to me. My wife saved 20 pairs of shoes haha. My question for you is… if you had to choose quickly, what would you save? Would your system make the cut?
So sorry to learn about your traumatic circumstances. Two years ago, we narrowly escaped a similar tragedy. I live in the Sierra foothills, where fire danger is ongoing. I keep my most prized/out of print cds on a special shelf and a box reserved for them in a closet. My hand built acoustic is more of a priority than my audio gear, none of which is especially costly or out of the ordinary. |
@grislybutter , that would not be possible, although it is what I strive for. |
